Human Voice Works Like a Jet Engine

From LiveScience.com:

Researchers have discovered an unlikely link between patterns of airflow in a jet engine and how the human larynx produces sound. The basics of voice production are well known: The nerve cells fire triggering the muscles to bring the vocal cords together. The interaction between air and vocal cords causes the cords to vibrate, generating sound. If this were the only mechanism involved in producing sound, every person's voice would sound mechanical, but the specifics of how airflow affects sound production and quality is the reason each voice is different, said Sid Khosla, lead author of a study detailed in the March issue of the journal Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology.

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